Legal Opinion
Thompson v. Crawford
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided November 13, 2017No. 2017-C-1400PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT, PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE
2Per curiam
I ⅜WRIT GRANTED IN PART. This wrongful death and survival action was brought as a result of a horrendous accident wherein decedent, Aaron “Dan” Thompson, was ¿le'ctrocuted and killed after coming in contact with a live electrical wire at the Spanish Moon Bar in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Nearly 8,000 volts of electricity flowing through the wire immediately transferred to the decedent’s body, causing his right hand to catch aflame and bum off as the electricity coursed through his body to exit out of his back.…
3Cases cited5 opinions
- Temple v. Liberty Mutual Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1976
- Patrick v. Employers Mut. Cas. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1999
- Bonnette v. LOUISIANA PECAN FESTIVAL, INC.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 2008
- Monts v. Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State UniversitySupreme Court of Louisiana · 2002
- Thompson v. CrawfordLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2017
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